On the topic of new money, we have the character Mr. Bounderby in mind. He is the perfect example of the new aged money maker in this story. Mr. Bounderby makes his money off of the factories; the same way most of the people who lived in the town of Coke had made their money. One could also consider Mr. Bounderby to be apart of the high class. He is a very wealthy man compared to most of the people from Coke Town. Mr. Bounderby was also a very well known and respected person in his community. Yet, don’t let his money fool you, because Mr. Bounderby came from the so called, “gutter”. He was not from a very wealthy family when growing up as a child, but as he got older and wiser; Mr. Bounderby became a hard working citizen and ma

On the other side of new money is old money. A perfect example of the old money maker would be Mr. Harthouse. Mr. Harthouse works for Mr. Tom Gradgrind who is a retired grosser. Mr. Harthouse would be considered to be apart of the middle class money maker. He is not the real boss of his job and he makes enough money to be well off. Mr. Harthouse is not a huge role player in the community or wealthy and he does not have a part in Parliament or the city counsel, he is only a middle class person.

A character that might represent the lower class would be Miss. Sleary. Miss. Sleary had been married to her first husband who later died and she was left with nothing. Now she is working for Mr. Bounderby and she seems to have her eyes set on Mr. Bounderby to be her next husband. Yet, she seems to have problems because Mr. Bounderby has his eyes set on Miss. Louisa Gradgrind whom Miss. Sleary does not like very much.

Mr. Gradgrind who is obviously apart of the higher class also has a daughter named Louisa. Louisa was a very beautiful and charming woman in the eyes of Mr. Bounderby and he also decided to marry young Louisa. Mr. Gradgrind thought that this was a splendid idea, because he thought that Mr. Bounderby was a good man. This showed me that due to the class of Mr. Bounderby and the respect that Mr.Gradgrind has for him, women had only one role in their lives during this time of revolution. This role was to marry the wealthiest man that she could and take care of the house and the children. Women were not abl

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